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EXCURSIONS ON THE STORMY LAKES. 159
from the storm. A little while afterwards we caught
sight of two dark objects looming through the haze ;
they
were tamarisks, and we soon drove the noses of our canoes
deep into the soft sand of the shallow beach.
Our canoe-men were quite overcome, but more by their
emotions than by their exertions, and we had to let them
rest a while. In the meantime Shagdur and I looked
after our own belongings and bailed out the canoe. It
The Ferry-boat Fast in the Reeds.
was quite late when we started to return. After such a
storm you may imagine how dark it was, in fact it could
not be darker in an underground windowless vault. Even
to this very day it is a perfect puzzle to me how they
managed to find their way. They could not speak or take
counsel with one another, they could not warn or advise
one another ; they might shout at the full pitch of their
lungs, yet they could not be heard. The howling of the
storm drowned all other sounds, as it whistled, whined,
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